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William Baker seal. Plain ring.

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William Baker

Also written as Bill Baker

William Baker is reportedly a thick, hardy named after the Californian botanist and nurseryman whose collection it came from, and collected for him in Bolivia by Julio Cruz.

  • thick stems
  • winter grower
  • strong pupper
  • huanucoensis type

Other TrichocereusNamed clone: One original plant and every cutting taken from it, given a name by a grower.

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Character

  • slow and steady to fast grower: this one leans toward fast grower, read from the growth line below.
Growth habit
Reportedly thick-stemmed, sturdy and vigorous, and reported to keep growing right through the cold months. It reportedly strongly, sometimes pushing an offset before a has even rooted.
Drawing of two plain Trichocereus columns of different heights, standing for the wider genus rather than one plant.
A Trichocereus column, drawn — not a photograph of this plant.

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